I have many requests from people who are searching for Patient file of their family member. There are complications when searching, one of those is to know what the Hospital was called during the time your family member was a Patient, because the institution had many names during it’s 174 year history.
At this stage we can’t offer a search facility or assistance because of the groups limitations. People can always post on the Facebook Group to see if there is anyone who would know your family member.
- Records are restricted for 75 years from the current date. You must have permission to see these later files from the Department of Health and Human Services. Use the contact form for the Department of Health & Human Services.
Its also great to see the Tasmanian Government recommending the Willow Court Tasmania History Group’s website as a credible place for information about the hospital and it’s history.
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Below is one of a number of replies I received from this article and is the often untold message from families. Thank you Lauren for allowing me to share this.
“Hi Mark,
you directed me to the Linc a few weeks ago, I was looking for my mum’s long lost brother who died as a boy at New Norfolk, all we knew was his name and a very rough timeline of when he was born and admitted to RDH. Our trip to Linc recovered the details of his condition, admittance, birth and death dates, who admitted him…and best of all, we found his unmarked grave at Malbina Cemetery.”
Thanks Mark!
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I want to know about my grandmother Effie brown hosking she was living at 24 olden Avenue new town she wed her first cousin Benjamin brown he went to ww1 come back to Australia in 1918 nan had my dad he was 6 months old so I’m hoping to find some information about my nan she went from St. John park new town the up to Lachlan park new Norfolk Tasmania till she died there in 1964 hoping some good news patsy.
Hi Patricia, use the hyperlink in the post to contact the Department of Health and Human Services to ask for her file. We can’t do that on your behalf.
Cheers
Mark
Searching if Thelma Ellis-Attak was a patient between 1981/86 she was said to have Dementia by her said husband at the time Stephan Attak. Lost contact when she was in the RHH in 81 with a broken hip. No-one knows in the family where Stephan put her after that.
https://willowcourttasmania.org/2017/09/12/linc-tasmania-search-family-history/
Contact details are in this post
Cheers
Mark
hi im looking for info on marion vaughan roberts 1870 1950 born in india
Best to follow the links here and research through archives Tasmania. I’m sorry I can’t do this and we are not big enough to do searches for the many people who are looking for their relatives.
Cheers
Mark